On Dec 27, 9:09*am, Tomas wrote:
On Dec 26, 3:37*pm, JIMMIE wrote:





On Dec 26, 1:44*pm, Tomas wrote:

I have shutoff valves that are now heavily corroded and do not fully
shut-off. My home was built in '92. While researching how to remove
the "crimped" on valves, I found several older posts about
polybutylene (Quest) and how it's no longer used and in many cases not
up to code (for interior use).

I'm hesitant now to mess with these valves. It's seems the time period
has expired for the class action lawsuit. Is there any recent
information on this? From what I've read, it's not a matter of if
there will be a problem, but when.

The poly plumbing isnt really a problem if it was built in the '90s.
Installation problems abounded though as it was easy to kink and
stress on Ts and elbows will cause them to leak eventually. Poly will
work with Sharkbite connectors and these will allow easy connections
to be made to Copper, CPVC and PEX. Sharkbite also has connectors that
will adapt it to threaded pipe. I have polybutylene plumbing and
recently remodeled a 22 year old bathroom. Although I replaced all the
poly while I had access to it inspection of the poly showed it to be
good aa new. Yes Im on city water with chlorine, lots of chlorine.

Poly does have a bad reputation even though it is still used in just
about every other country except the USA. This may be an issue if you
are trying to sell ..

Jimmie

Jimmie, do you connect the "sharkbite" connector directly to the PB or
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The PB just plugs into the sharkbite. Push and twist. My wife backed
into my workbench with her car which hit the wall where the
distribution "tree" was located. She cracked about 3 fittings. I
replace all the PB fitting with Sharkbites even the ones she didnt
damage. End of pipe should be cut square, no nicks, burrs, gashes or
dirt that would prevent a good seal. Sharbites were about $5 USD each
and I replaced 6 or seven fittings and a couple of pieces of pipe all
less than $50. From past experience this would have cost me $300 if I
had to call in a plumber. I did buy a tool for cutting plastic pipe
for about $10. This made for a nice square cut which I have been since
told is really not that imporant.

You will be amazed how easy they are to use. Make sure you get the
disconnect tool(very inexpensive) so you can take them apart. I
practice a couple of times making connections and taking them apart
before getting started.. That should take 10 minutes. to get the hang
of. I lost my disconnect tool so I made one out of a piece of aluminum
scrap. This was much easier than going back to the store for one.

Oh yes they are reusable after you have to take a connection apart.

Check out the Sharkbite website, they have a lot of good info but they
do not tell you it will work with PB.

I think mine came with some brass tubes that you push up insde the
pipe to make the pipe end more rigid.

Jimmie